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"Energy and persistence conquer all things."

Benjamin Franklin
What can be done to bring an existing group of individuals to become a high performance team in the shortest possible time?

This is the dilemma of every manager or executive who has led a team and is seeking a performance edge.

Achieving the organisation's goals is the job of all members of the team. A leader cannot build a strong team until every member understands the type and nature of the goal; in addition to understanding team dynamics. Each member must be led, inspired and persuaded in a creative work environment that allows their individual strengths and personalities to thrive with others in a complex network of complementary skills and friendly competition. They also have to work towards a common goal, and develop in alliances and partnerships in collaboration with each other to perform beyond even their own expectations.
solutions
Align your team members with your business goals as well as the company's values and culture. We can tailor a programme to match your organisational goals. At any point along your team's developmental process, macsimize can contribute to making your team function more efficiently and effectively.
benefits
A more productive working culture. Our facilitators develop a step-by-step process in optimising group dynamics, rejuvenating group spirit and enhancing communication and trust. Our certified consultants help mould the team to be aligned with the desired working culture of increased productivity, benefiting both members and the organisation in the long term.
Creating buy-in. Our facilitators take an interactive approach to developing teams and accomplishing goals. We facilitate group discussions and instill practical behaviours in the process of building the team's sense of purpose and shared vision.
Increase certainty of success. We have learned from our vast experience that team dynamics is a core element in accomplishing the challenges and opportunities presented each and every day. Participants get in touch with what makes them tick, what makes them function better and perform better above and beyond the individual capabilities, when they work together towards a common goal. Participants understand success comes from well structured preparation, clear rules of engagement, communication and trust.
tactExchange Teambuilding Solutions
tactExchange teambuilding programmes provide straightforward, impactful solutions for team development. Teambuilding initiatives can combine outdoor high energy activities with indoor cognitive experiential learning. Team members develop a keen and increased awareness that the "intention to cooperate" is simply not enough, and collaboration is a skill that can be learned.
how are tactExchange Teambuilding Solutions different?
1. Measurable improvements. We conduct pre-event surveys with participants to establish a baseline on how well the team is functioning. After the training event, the survey is repeated. Results are compared and specific areas of measurable improvements are analysed.
2. Theme focused environments. We set up venues to simulate realistic or exciting experiences. Themes may include carnivals, ice age, tropical rain forests, thunderstorms, rhythm nation and adventure trekking. Also available are business themes, including post-merger environments and culturally diverse settings.
3. We use "best practice" teambuilding methodologies. The principles of team effectiveness are universal and applicable to all team members, whether they are new or have multiple years of experience. All our programmes follow "best practices" including:
  • Form, Storm, Norm and Perform
  • Concepts from FISH!
  • The core principles of "High Performance Team"
Our solutions look at critical moments in a team's evolution and how this impacts the team's productivity over time. Our trainers incorporate these key moments in the debriefing sessions where the learning points are related back to the workplace environment, encouraging new, more effective habits.
4. Business relevance. Whilst we can provide events that are simply "fun and exciting", most clients prefer to incorporate relevant business issues in their teambuilding programmes. Our facilitators will have ascertained those issues with the client in advance and aim to address them in the design of the programme session.
5. Continuity. The positive momentum created after a teambuilding event can often dissipate quickly after the event is over. macsimize has simple, but effective, follow-up and reminder elements in our programmes. Post-event gifts and rewards serve as continual reminders to practice the newly acquired team-oriented behaviours back in the workplace.
6. Accredited facilitators. All facilitators running our tactExchange programmes are accredited and meet internal competency standards.
successful teams
Our interventions help to identify a team's sense of purpose, maximise strengths and create a more productive team environment. Participants learn how to develop internal partnerships and alliances. Successful teams know how to effectively take individual talents and harness them together to accomplish common goals.
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